Table 2. National guidelines regarding general measures of COVID-19 prevention in oncology in the MENA region.

Recommended measures	AL	EG	IQ	JO	K.S.A	KW	LB	MR	OM	SY	TN	UAE	YE
Patient management
Screening of COVID-19 symptoms before clinic (outpatients) visit	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
Screening of COVID-19 symptoms before admission of patients	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Providing surgical masking for all patients	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Postponing routine follow up visits	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Implementing call centres to triage patients	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
HCW management
Favouring tumour board meetings based on videoconferencing	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
Educating HCW to adhere to standard precautions	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Recommending HCW to:
Wear a mask during consultations	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Disinfect hands regularly	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
N95 fitting	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-
Staff clustering	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-
Facility management
Restricting visitors	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Establishing screening and triage stations at entrance of cancer centres units	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
Keeping distance of 1.5 m between each two patients	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Disinfecting any instrument used after the examination of each patient	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Disinfecting work surfaces regularly	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Establishing a plan of action for suspected cases	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Testing for COVID-19
Real time PCR and chest CT scan	+	+	+	+	*	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
Specifying whom to test	+	+	+	+	*	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
Specifying what to do with cancer patients with positive test	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-

AL: Algeria, EG: Egypt, IQ: Iraq, JO: Jordan, KW: Kuwait, LB: Lebanon, MR: Morocco, OM: Oman, K.S.A: Saudi Arabia, SY: Syria, TN: Tunisia, UAE: United Arab Emirates, YE: Yemen

+: Item discussed in the country guidelines, -: Item non discussed in the guidelines